Photo of tulips in front of Fairway by Karen Luerssen.
Vegans got a big surprise at Whole Foods, a construction worker may have gotten too aggressive with some parked cars, and lots more news happened on the Upper West Side last week. Aren’t you glad we summarized it for you below?
Whole Foods reversed labels on a curried chicken salad and a vegan curried “chick’n” salad at its Columbus Circle and 98th street locations last week. “The Food and Drug Administration noted the vegan salad contains soy, and the curried chicken salad contains egg. It said people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy or eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they eat the salads.” (CBS)
A construction worker on West 87th and Columbus Avenue street allegedly used a backhoe to remove cars that were blocking the site instead of waiting for a tow truck. He and another worker were arrested last week. “The 48-year-old crew foreman and another construction worker face misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment, auto stripping and reckless driving, according to police.” (NBC)
Is it okay to allow your children to poop in a portable potty at an outdoor restaurant in full view of other diners? It recently happened at Pier 1. Gothamist calls it “the latest hot trend on the Upper West Side: alfresco pooping…At the very least, maybe there should be a rule à la smoking (smokers are supposed to be at least three feet away from any outdoor eatery) that all children must poop at least three…five…let’s say ten feet away from any eatery.” (Gothamist)
If Time Warner moves its headquarters to Hudson Yards, what will we call the Time Warner Center? (Wall Street Journal)
When an Upper West Side Democratic club decided to endorse John Liu after a delayed voting process, it caused a bit of an uproar. (Politicker)
Here’s a photo of a cool guy skateboarding in Central Park in the 60’s. (Reddit)
The newsstand in front of the 72nd street subway station mimics the subway station itself. Charming! (Untapped Cities)
Nascar’s Jeff Gordon is trying to sell his pad at 15 CPW for $30 million. (Daily News)
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn thinks the city should double the number of slots for Gifted & Talented programs over the next nine years and try to make the programs more socioeconomically diverse. “She will also suggest allowing some students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to gain admission with a teacher’s recommendation in lieu of test scores… The city’s Department of Education, however, has said that admitting students who do not score in the highest percentiles could dilute the quality of gifted programs and frustrate ill-prepared students.” Public Advocate Bill de Blasio also favors relying less on tests. (NY Times)
Part of this season’s Mad Men involves Peggy and an apartment on the Upper West Side. We won’t go into more detail so as not to reveal spoilers for those who haven’t seen it, but here’s an article that talks briefly about the show and its depiction of the neighborhood in the 60’s. If anyone wants to write something for West Side Rag about living here then, we’d love to publish it! (iRealty Times)
“If Time Warner moves its headquarters to Hudson Yards, what will we call the Time Warner Center?”
Umm, an eyesore??
Give it a break please. I too was against the Time Warner Center, but it has “matured” into a nice addition, architectural striking, and with GREAT Jazz facilities included. Late Saturday night we sat in Columbus Circle watching the light sculpture at the southern end of the Time Warner Center and felt, for that moment, that all was right with the world.
Yeah but $75 to sit down?…Jazz musicians I listen to are ashamed. John Hammond is rolling in the grave.
“The issue of attracting low-income children and minorities into rigorous academic programs has vexed city officials for years. While Hispanic and black children make up 67 percent of the student population, they represent only 27 percent of children in gifted and talented programs.”
And most science Nobel prizes are unfairly foisted upon Ashkanazi Jews, average IQ 116.
Re: the above “Umm, an eyesore??”
REALLY!!! HOW ANYONE WITH AN APPRECIATION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE CAN CALL TIME-WARNER AN EYESORE IS BEYOND BELIEF!!!
It is actually a spectacularly-beautiful piece of sculpture…one that presents a multitude of “faces” depending on from where it is viewed, whether from dead-on so that its southeast facade takes on a knife-edge or from the Maine Monument in Central Park across the street, where its beautiful curve around Columbus Circle never ceases to amaze.
This commenter is fortunate enough to have a glimpse of Time-Warner from his apartment, and each morning, depending on sky conditions, it can look different, from glistening glass to an almost solid-steel appearance.
An eyesore? a true eyesore was the New York Coliseum, that ghastly mess that,thankfully, it replaces!
But, then again, for those who think anything built after 1945 is terrible, Time-Warner could be one of their favorite pinattas. And, of course, all the pre-1945 buildings probably seemed horrible to those lamenting the passing of 1899’s architecture…and of 1899 itself.
Stan, I usually agree with every word you write and every idea you express better than I could hope to.
But I would rather have seen the blue sky over the Coliseum than the glistening whatever-it-is in this black monstrosity.
Now I grant you that, as monstrosities go, this one’s not so bad. But aren’t blue sky and clouds nicer?
Keep smiling, buddy!